as in ditch
a long narrow channel dug in the earth
dug a trench and filled it with water in an attempt to keep the forest fire off her property
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Recent Examples of trench
Police have publicly identified the man killed after a trench collapsed at a worksite Thursday in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Maddie Carr, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
That included excavating a trench at the bottom of a hill the condominiums are built into.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 15 July 2025
Construction workers dug a trench behind the building late last fall and are installing a shoring system in it.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 15 July 2025
The soldiers had spent much of the winter eighty miles to the northeast, in Belgium, in a network of trenches near the medieval town of Ypres.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Maddie Carr, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2025
That included excavating a trench at the bottom of a hill the condominiums are built into.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 15 July 2025
Construction workers dug a trench behind the building late last fall and are installing a shoring system in it.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 15 July 2025
The soldiers had spent much of the winter eighty miles to the northeast, in Belgium, in a network of trenches near the medieval town of Ypres.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trench
Noun
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Her body was found there in a nearby ditch the next morning.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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In a 2024 incident, both vehicles involved in a pursuit in North Dakota lost control and landed in a ditch after a deputy deployed the Grappler.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Find a low spot in the garden where water naturally accumulates after a rainfall or an area near a gutter spout, and plant a rain garden filled with native species suited to those conditions.—
Luke Miller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Aug. 2025
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Moving sprinklers away from sidewalks or the street can reduce the formation of puddles, as can cleaning out gutters that could trap water.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
4 Aug. 2025
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Most of Camp 25 happened to be spread along the bottom of a ravine.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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But the armed groups that succeeded him still control huge swathes of the surrounding hills, where the Garcia ravine that claimed Sara Millerey weaves around dusty apartment blocks.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Trench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trench. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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